Artwork desk



R. C. WOOLMAN ARTWORK DESK .Filed Feb. 15, 1925 proper combination ofrelated line and in-` Patented @en lll, 1923..

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.ARTWORK DESK.

Application inea February 13, 1923. serial No. 618,872. i

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ROY C. VVOOLMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, havevinvented a certain new and useful Artwork Desk, of which the tollowingis a specication.

The object of my invention is to Aprovide an art work desk, particularlysuitable for work in schools of very simple, inexpensive and` eliici'entconstruction.

More particularly, it is my objectato provide an art work desk, soconstructed and arranged that it may be readily and easily adapted foravvariety of uses, permittingv .as occasion arises the so-called lineart work such as drawing with ink, pencil or charcoal, and painting,this work requiring the use of light instruments and materials such asbrushes, pencils, compass, paper', cloth and paints, and also makingpossible various industrial art processes requiring the use of heaviertools and materials such as hammers, saws, chisels, planes, wood, metal,clay and leather. Thisl great variety 'of uses Vmakes possible anessential elaboration and dustrial arts, thus avoiding. whatvhas beenhitherto a serious disadvantage to this work in schools, particularlyelementary schools, where the teaching of i'ine arts on the one hand hasbeen confined to rooms furnished with equipment designed primarily orthepurpose of containing booksl and entirely separate on the other handfrom industrial arts usually called manual training, which consistedlargely of woodwork and made use of equipment and materials designed forthis purpose.

My artwork desk will bring together all of these related processes andwill eliminate from schools a disadvantageous and expensive duplicationof equipment, teaching skill and schoolroom space.

Another object is to provide such a device which can be used -forgeneral purposes and which has as a part thereof an adjustable easel soconstructed and arranged and mounted on the desk that it may be used incooperation with the desk for drawing or vbe entirely put outl of theway, so las not to interfere with the use of the desk, and also tobeused as a support for the back of the :child in front.

.Wththese and otherobjects vin view,.my

invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination ofthe various parts of my art work desk, whereby the objects contemplatedare attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in myclaims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an art work desk embodying myinvention.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a potion of the desk, as seen fromthe rear; an

Figure 3 shows a detailed, sectional View taken on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1. v

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate the legs of the desk, which are four in number.

Supported on the legs 10 is a top 11 at the back o1 which is a member 12extending upwardly above the top for a short distance. ln the top 11.near the back 12 is a depression or trough 13 for receiving tools orinstruments or the' like.

Arranged at one end of the top 11 near the front thereofis a wood vise111 below which is a cross bar 15 on which are pins or ythe like 16 forhanging tools.

Under the top`11 are slidably mounted two drawers 16a and 17 to receive'tools, brushes, instruments, books and materials.

rlhe two rear legs 10 are connected by a cross member 18 and therespective legs at each end of the art work desk are connected by bracemembers 19.

The space between the two Jliront legs below the drawers 16a and 17 isleft open to receive a special `chair 2O with a ylow back 21, whichchair can be slid under the desk.

Mounted for vertical, sliding movement in a groove 22 in the member 12is an upright member 23, having a longitudinally elongated slot 24therein. A bolt 25, hav- .the desk proper can be'adjusted, so as to forman easel. rlhe board 31 has on its upper side at the free edge, a strip31a.. .On the lower end of the upright y23 Ais al resilient L31 atanydesired angle.

button 23a 'against which the strip 31.a will' rest when the board isswung to position where it hangs in the rear of the desl. rl `he separts are so arrangedv that the board 31 is properly inclined to form aback rest for the pupil, as mentioned later herein.

Pivotally supported beneath the top is used, that board, is swung overto position where yit hangs desk. I

These desks vare designed for use in the public schools and are thenarranged in rows.

adjacent to the back4 of the for any considerable length 'of time, theboard 31 can be used as a back for the pupil in front. This 4is-ofsomeimportance be- I 'cause'the chair 20 has only a low back 21,inorder'that the their may be vshoved under the desk, so that the deskand chairniay oc`- cupy a minimum of floor space, when' not inuse.

The .use of the low back has the disadv'ani tage that when the pupilshave to sit for sometime listening tothe instructor, the llow back 21Vis notl sufiicient. However, when thedesks'are arranged in rows, the pupil in front of the desk under consideration can push his chairbaci-:7a short k distance and use the board 31 of the desk behind 4himfor va back.

face, and its use for a backdoes not interfere with the pupil behind.

When it isV desired to use the board 31 in connection with the desk as'an easel, the

board is swung 'lover from its position hang-` ing down behind the deskto its position shownin full lines in Figure' 2 or Figure 1, where vthetop 11 supports the Vforward portion yof the board and the member 23Asupports the back part of theboard.

By adjusting the wing nut 28, the member 23'may `be loosened, so that itmay be raised or lowered for supporting When the board 31 is; being usedas an easel, it will bene-ted that it is lof less width than the top 11kfrom side to side,y and is arranged so as to leaveprojecting portionsofthe top 1p1 at each side of theboard 31, so that 'drawing instruments,colors, paints or other `articles may be placed on the top 11 at eitherside off'the drawing board, where they are convenient ofaccess for useon the drawin board.

By pacing ra blockl under the forward edge of thedraiwing boar-d andthen "raising The board furnishes a smooth sur? the board it, it may beheld in horizontal position, if desired, for `providing a supplementaryytable upon whch the pupil can work standing up. y l

rJfhe means for supporting the back end of the drawing board is suchthat it may be adjusted and the drawing board may beused board 31 toassume van inclinedposition, j f when swung to its rearward position,rand If the instructor is talking to the pupils the natural slope of theback of an ordinary chair is thus attained. It will be seenl that thisinclined back can be adjusted at various :It is my purpose to cover bymy claims, any modified forms of art desks, vwhichniay come within thereasonable scope offsueh claims. i l claim as my invention:

upright member slidably mounted atv the 1. An art work desk* comprisinga: top, anl

back'of said desk entirely v.clear of the top `surface -of the top,means vfor locking saidv upright member in diferentpositions of its 1100vertical', sliding movement, a cross bar at -the upper end of saiduprightmember, a

drawingboard, double acting hinges y' fory pivotally mounting one? endvof said drawingl board on said cross bar, whereby saiddraw'- ing boardmay hang downwardly `behind the 'desk or may beswung over to yinclinedposition with its forward part .supported by the forward part of thetop, the drawing vboard being narrower from side to side than the topand being arranged so as to leave projecting portions of the topy oneach side of the drawing board. f

` 2.7Anart work desk comprising a top, an upright member slidablyvmountedat the back of said deslcentirely clear of the top surface of thetop, means for locking said upright member in differentV positions of'its' vertical, sliding movement, a crosslbar' at'the 'upper end of saidupright member,vr a drawing board, double acting hinges for pivotallyvmounting one edge of said drawinglooard Yon said cross bar, whereby`said drawing board may `hang `downwardly behind-the desk-or may beswungover 'to linclined posi'- tion with its forward part supportedbythe forwardpart of the-top, thedrawingrboard top and .being arranged'soaslto leaizef'pro- 'being narrowerfrom side to side ltl-ianf-.tlie

the drawing board, a swinging shelf supported on said desk at the sidethereof in a position readily accessible to one working on the drawingboard.

3. An art work desk comprising a top, an upright member slidably mountedat the back of said desk entirely clear of the top surface of the top,means for locking said upright member in dilerent positions of itsvertical, sliding movement, a cross bar at the upper end of said uprightmember, a drawing board, double acting hinges for pivotally mounting oneedge of said drawinor board on said cross bar, whereby said drawingboard may hang downwardly behind the desk or may be swung over toinclined position with its forward part supported by the forward part ofthel top, the drawing board being narrower from side to side than thetop and being arranged so as to leave projecting portions of the top oneach side of the drawing board, said top having a trough in its rearportion and a back member limiting the downward movement of said crossbar, so that said board will never interfere with or be interfered withby tools or the like in said trough.

4. An art work desk comprising a top and supporting members, an uprightmember mounted for vertical adjustment at the back of said desk, meansfor holding theJ upright member in various positions of its adjustment,a combined drawing board and back element' pivoted to said upright topermit said board to be swung to inclined position with one edge restingon the top or to position hanging behind the desk, said board andupright member having coacting parts for causing the board to besomewhat inclined from Vertical to form a convenient back rest when inits latter position, and regardless of its vertical adjustment in suchposition.

Des Moines, Iowa, November 13, 1922.

ROY C. WOOLMAN.

